Gayle's innings finally came to an end when he fell to Piyush Chawla on 107 off just 49 balls. His knock included 10 fours and 9 sixes. Chawla then went on to dismiss Virat Kohli for 27. AB de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary continued the good work before Ryan Harris struck thrice to get rid of Tiwary, Asad Pathan and Mohammad Kaif.

Virat Kohli, who came in at number three, had a couple of lucky escapes when Ryan McLaren missed a run-out and the umpire Russel Tiffin ruled Kohli not- even though the batsman had clearly edged a McLaren delivery to the keeper.

Adam Gilchrist won the toss and asked Bangalore to bat first. Ryan McLaren and Love Ablish were included in the Punjab eleven. Bangalore decided to give Asad Pathan one more opportunity. The Bangalore openers were unable to get the team off to an explosive start as they found it hard to get their shots going in seaming conditions. However, they got through the initial period to unleash the big shots.